Slovenia to remove border fence with Croatia

Slovenia will remove the fence on the border with Croatia, erected during the 2015 migration crisis, Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob announced on Wednesday June 15, citing the ineffectiveness of this measure as well as “

” reasons.

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Faced with the influx of more than half a million migrants crossing the small Alpine country to reach Italy or Austria, this member of the EU and the Schengen area had erected barbed wire over some 200 km, covering almost a third of the border route with its neighbour.

"

", explained Robert Golob during a press conference.

As promised during the recent legislative campaign, it will therefore be dismantled "

", "

", he added.

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The number of illegal arrivals has increased since the beginning of the year, the prime minister said.

In addition, human rights organizations and the police have warned that due to the presence of the barrier, many illegal immigrants now take more dangerous routes to enter Slovenia.

Robert Golob was invested on May 25, a month after a large electoral victory for his small liberal party called Freedom Movement (GS).

He had been acclaimed on the promise to restore “

” and “

” democracy, after the turbulent mandate of the conservative Janez Jansa.

The latter, an ally of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, had defended the establishment of this fence and other devices intended to prevent migrants from entering Slovenian soil.

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The conditions in the reception centers for asylum seekers are “

”, underlined his successor Robert Golob, who announced measures to improve them and speed up the procedures for processing the files of migrants from Ukraine or forced into their flight to a grueling crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.